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A genuinely useful accessibility primer — ADA staterooms, tender rules, and how to avoid getting turned away at the pier — wrapped in the crew's warmth, a fresh “Baby Buddha” beard trim, and Reese's big news that the show is coming to a live restaurant stage.
What they covered
Topics on deck
Main-dining-room menu overhaul
Live show in Oklahoma City
Roughly monthly lives
Cruising with disabilities
ADA staterooms
Tender-port warnings
Booking with accessibility
Don’t miss
Moments worth the wait
- The live-show reveal — Reese opens with real news: the show is getting a stage.
“Glamour on 4th Street… will let us do a live podcast from the stage in vinyl in my restaurant.”
- The menu overhaul — New items roll out fleet-wide, cheese plate restored, pork chop mourned.
“Hawaiian shrimp poke… roasted duck rolls… grilled swordfish, cornish game hens.”
- Baby Buddha — Tom's fresh trim earns him a brand-new nickname.
“Without it I'm Mexican, I'm anything but Filipino.”
- Real stakes at the pier — Notify Carnival of a disability at booking, or risk being turned away.
“You can be turned away at port.”
- The tender caveat — Not every tender port can take a scooter ashore.
“You have to verify that the tenders… are ADA compliant.”
- The ramp myth, debunked — A viral “no ramp” gripe misses how compliance actually works.
“They don't need a ramp… because there's an elevator. The elevator makes it compliant.”
Golden nuggets
Running bits & lore born here
- Baby Buddha — The new nickname for Tom is born this episode, off the back of his fresh beard trim.
- Reese's “clone” — The easy-bake-oven Reese runner returns, this time coming out over- and under-baked.
- Agent Reese, CIA — The gag that Reese is secretly an intelligence operative gets another airing.
- Hell's Nanas — The hoverround-gang t-shirt for the ladies “mowing down the unawares in the casino” gets pitched.
- “Facebook group” trouble — Reese and Trevor can't say “Facebook group” but nail “SpeakPipe page” every time.